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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Woolwich 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE VIII.
Meteorology and Registered Deaths from all Causes, and from Certain Prevalent Diseases
in each week of the year 1905.
| Week. Date of ending. | Temperature of the Air. | Temperature three feet below ground. | Mean Humidity complete Saturation = 100. | No. of days' rainfall. | Rainfall in inches. | Deaths Corrected for Public Institutions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest during week. | Lowest during week. | Mean Temperature. | All Causes | Diarrhcea. | Six other Zymotic Diseases. | Bronchitis and Pneumonia. | Tubercle. | ||||||
| January 7 | 54.0 | 19.7 | 41.0 + | 43.33 | 83 | 4 | 0.42 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | |
| „ 14 | 50.8 | 24.5 | 40.5 + | 44.15 | 79 | 1 | 0.08 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |
| „ 21 | 43.6 | 20.6 | 33.1 — | 41.68 | 78 | 2 | 0.47 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |
| „ 28 | 48.1 | 24.7 | 37.4 — | 40.51 | 85 | 0 | 0.00 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | |
| February 4 | 53.1 | 33.1 | 43.1 + | 40.56 | 79 | 2 | 0.03 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| „ 11 | 51.0 | 34.1 | 44.7 + | 42.37 | 84 | 1 | 0.12 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | |
| „ 18 | 53.5 | 32.4 | 44.3 + | 42.85 | 76 | 3 | 0.12 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | |
| „ 25 | 48.0 | 31.2 | 37.6 — | 42.77 | 81 | 6 | 0.25 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | |
| March 4 | 45.7 | 27.1 | 38.4 — | 41.61 | 83 | 5 | 0.30 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | |
| „ 11 | 52.9 | 35.5 | 44.3 + | 42 03 | 80 | 7 | 1.08 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 2 | |
| „ 18 | 55.7 | 38.5 | 46.2 + | 43.20 | 81 | 7 | 2.25 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | |
| „ 25 | 61.4 | 31.9 | 46.5 + | 44.13 | 79 | 2 | 0.09 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | |
| April 1 | 60.0 | 37.3 | 47.3 + | 44.95 | 74 | 3 | 0.06 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | |
| Averages & Totals | 1st Qrtr. | 61.4 | 19.7 | 9 + | 42.63 | 80 | 43 | 5.27 | 424 | 2 | 16 | 88 | 60 |
| 4 - | |||||||||||||
| April 8 | 56.0 | 32.6 | 43.2 — | 45.86 | 76 | 3 | 0.27 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |
| 15 | 64.9 | 31.1 | 49.5 + | 45.63 | 81 | 4 | 0.83 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | |
| 22 | 59.9 | 35.4 | 43.1 — | 47.01 | 74 | 5 | 0.25 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| 29 | 59.3 | 36.3 | 48.5 — | 46.46 | 74 | 4 | 0.15 | 48 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | |
| May 6 | 64.6 | 38.2 | 49.4 — | 47.99 | 71 | 3 | 0.85 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | |
| „ 13 | 70.0 | 40.8 | 53.6 + | 49.49 | 60 | 0 | 0.00 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | |
| „ 20 | 70.2 | 39.5 | 53.3 — | 51.23 | 67 | 4 | 0.22 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | |
| „ 27 | 73.5 | 34.3 | 51.2 — | 51.57 | 61 | 0 | 0.00 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | |
| J une 3 | 82.3 | 46.4 | 62.7 + | 54.00 | 64 | 3 | 0.50 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | |
| „ 10 | 69.7 | 46.1 | 53.7 — | 55.46 | 87 | 6 | 2.86 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
| „ 17 | 77.2 | 48.3 | 59.5 + | 55.18 | 81 | 4 | 0.95 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| „ 24 | 78.0 | 47.4 | 60.9 + | 57.72 | 73 | 2 | 0.02 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| July 1 | 80.1 | 51.1 | 63.2 + | 59.54 | 79 | 5 | 0.54 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Averages & Totals | 2nd Qrtt. | 82.3 | 31.1 | 6 + | 51.32 | 73 | 43 | 7.44 | 396 | 3 | 13 | 59 | 61 |
| 17 - | |||||||||||||
| July 8 | 81.9 | 48.2 | 64.0 + | 60.68 | 69 | 2 | 0.03 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| „ 15 | 84.3 | 57.3 | 68.9 + | 62.17 | 71 | 2 | 0.26 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| „ 22 | 84.0 | 48.8 | 65.2 + | 63.59 | 75 | 1 | 0.02 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 29 | 87.2 | 52.2 | 66.3 + | 64.21 | 77 | 2 | 0.53 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| August 5 | 76.4 | 48.9 | 62.2 — | 64.19 | 71 | 2 | 0.65 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| „ 12 | 76.9 | 48.0 | 60.3 — | 63.04 | 76 | 3 | 0.16 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| „ 19 | 75.8 | 50.3 | 62.1 + | 62.62 | 69 | 1 | 0.03 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |
| „ 26 | 74.0 | 44.6 | 60.2 — | 62.37 | 71 | 4 | 0.48 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| September 2 | 69.4 | 47.2 | 56.7 — | 61.33 | 82 | 4 | 1.21 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| „ 9 | 75.1 | 52.3 | 61.0 + | 60.97 | 84 | 3 | 0.68 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| „ 16 | 68.6 | 41.4 | 54.2 — | 59.96 | 76 | 3 | 0.32 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| „ 23 | 65.3 | 43.1 | 54.3 — | 58.47 | 76 | 1 | 0.01 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| „ 30 | 64.6 | 44.7 | 53.0 — | 57.43 | 83 | 5 | 1.27 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| Averages & Totals | 3rd Qrtr. | 87.2 | 41.4 | 6 + | 61.62 | 75 | 33 | 5.65 | 392 | 55 | 16 | 24 | 53 |
| 17 - | |||||||||||||
| October 7 | 57.2 | 38.9 | 48.8 — | 56.10 | 73 | 4 | 0.16 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| „ 14 | 58.7 | 36.3 | 48.6 — | 54.45 | 81 | 3 | 0.16 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | |
| „ 21 | 56.0 | 26.1 | 41.0 — | 52.35 | 75 | 2 | 0.13 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| „ 28 | 53.7 | 26.5 | 41.5 — | 49.30 | 81 | 4 | 0.05 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| November 4 | 56.4 | 39.2 | 47.3 + | 49.14 | 86 | 7 | 1.60 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| „ 11 | 53.0 | 28.2 | 43.1 . | 48.48 | 91 | 4 | 0.65 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| „ 18 | 50.5 | 30.2 | 39.1 — | 4765 | 87 | 5 | 0.64 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | |
| „ 25 | 51.6 | 23.1 | 38.5 — | 45.17 | 84 | 2 | 0.17 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |
| December 2 | 54.9 | 27.5 | 42.9 + | 45.16 | 87 | 5 | 0.61 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | |
| „ 9 | 57.3 | 30.1 | 43.8 + | 45.08 | 90 | 3 | 0.31 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | |
| (2 days' fog) „ 16 | 44.6 | 25.4 | 36.6 — | 44.69 | 92 | 1 | 0.02 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | |
| (5 days' fog) „ 23 | 50.2 | 33.1 | 43.2 + | 44.15 | 82 | 0 | 0.00 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 1 | |
| „ 30 | 46.6 | 28.3 | 39.5 + | 44.35 | 92 | 3 | 0.24 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | |
| Averages & Totals | 4th Qrtr. | 58.7 | 23.1 | 5 + | 48.16 | 85 | 43 | 4.74 | 392 | 2 | 19 | 76 | 56 |
| Averages & for Whole | Totals Year | 87.2 | 19.7 | 26 + | 50.93 | 78 | 162 | 23.10 | 1604 | 62 | 64 | 247 | 230 |
| 26 - | |||||||||||||